Tag: filmmaking tips and tricks

“We’ll fix it in post” – that is a statement never before made by anyone who actually works in post production. As the technology for filmmaking continues to advance, …

You can endlessly toy and tinker, trying to add textured, cinematic lighting to an otherwise flat and boring scene, plugging countless lights into every outlet, setting up modifier after …

The software sorcerers over in Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve team are always cooking up tasty new tricks to improve the user experience and the functionality of their killer color grading …

Green Screening, or chromakeying, even in a studio can sometimes present unforeseen complications. The wrong shirt color, glasses, or a bad, frizzy hair day can cost you hours in …

Adobe Premiere Pro is an editing application that can do it all but like every other jack-of-all-trades, it can sometimes be a master of none. It is a real …

DaVinci Resolve 17 (beta) has dropped and with it, Blackmagic has released a host of new features into its #1 post solution that aims to make your life as …

Results count in the world of filmmaking and even seasoned professionals have a low-tech trick or two up their sleeve to get that crucial shot in a pinch and …

Blackmagic Design has recently announced that a social media campaign for the Mercedes-AMG A-Class was shot with Blackmagic RAW on the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, with editing and grading …

Unlike the trailblazer days of the original Red One, the Red Komodo is entering a market that is loaded with competition in every possible direction. This camera has been …

Now that the Komodo is out of beta and the black editions are finding their way into customer’s hands, there are a lot of first time Red users gaining …

You may have ran into a problem of inaccessible or choppy playing MP4 videos on an Android smartphone. Mostly, it is due to file corruption that won’t let MP4 …

Determining what to charge for your video editing services can be a difficult thing. Since there are few (or often zero) hard costs associated with the performance of the …

John Lennon once said “A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it”. Fortunately for us, we live in the computer age …

There is a downside to that amazing full-frame sensor on the A7S III. Yes, it can capture absolutely outstanding low-light, allowing filmmakers to do more with less and also …

Congratulations, you did it! You just went and got yourself a fancy new RED Komodo. Now what? Red Digital Cinema prides itself on putting image quality at the forefront …

There are a lot of options out there for gimbals these days, and no one seems to be crushing the competition like Zhiyun. With the tech, quality, forward thinking, …

The Sony A7S III “won’t make you tacos”, but it finally does incorporate a lot of the improvements and features that we’ve all been dreaming about since the release …

The camera you film with will only ever be as good as the lens you shoot through. Contractors have their power tools, artists have their brushes, and cinematographers have …

Let’s face it, we all know current-generation Sony colors suck. They’re washed out, lacking in saturation, and sometimes just look super weird with a green tinge. We’ve learned to …

There are a lot of things to like about the Canon EOS R5 and the Sony A7S III, two cameras that have pushed many sought-after features into the hands …